Disney to offer Extended Evening Hours at Disney’s Animal Kingdom
Deluxe resort guests traveling to Walt Disney World during the holiday season will get a few extra hours of park time at Disney’s Animal Kingdom. The park currently closes between 7 and 8 p.m. with no extra evening hours offered. Prior to the COVID-related park closures the park periodically had evening hours via either extended hours for resort guests or a specially-ticketed after-hours event. It appears Disney is now gearing up to bring back evening hours at Animal Kingdom by offering Extended Evening Hours for the very first time.
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Disney’s Animal Kingdom is an amazing park to be in at night. We experienced an after-hours Safari a few years ago, and the animals were very active and the roar of the lions was incredibly impressive. The Tree of Life is beautifully lit up in the evening, and Pandora just comes alive after dark.
The closure of the park around 7 or 8 pm in the Summer does not allow for guests to view these sights, and even in the Fall and Winter you only get a few precious hours of darkness to experience the wonders of the park. Extended Evening hours will afford guests this opportunity again.
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Extended Evening Hours are a perk offered to guests staying at one of Disney’s Deluxe resorts that provides an additional 2 hours of park time after the normal closure. Extended Evening Hours are currently offered at Magic Kingdom, EPCOT, and Hollywood Studios, however, the Halloween and Christmas parties greatly limit the availability of Magic Kingdom for Extended Evening Hours. The park operating calendar calendar through November 8 has been released, and Animal Kingdom does indeed have Extended Evening Hours added for November! We will need to wait until the remainder of November is published to see how the rest of the month shakes out.
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